CBN's David Brody interviewed Michele Bachmann in Iowa tonight, where she insists she 'likes' Sarah Palin and downplays reports, including by POLITICO, about jockeying between the two women:

Brody: “Set the record straight with us on your relationship with Sarah Palin because the media wants to pit you, if not pit you against Sarah Palin they certainly want to compare you two. And I’m wondering how you see it specifically as it relates to Governor Palin.”
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Bachmann: “I like her a lot. We’re friends. I have great admiration for her, great respect for her, and we’ve never had a cross word between us. We are friends. And I think
that you’re right, I think that’s a fiction from the media. I doubt that the Governor feels that way, it certainly doesn’t reflect my view, and I only wish her well in what she’s doing right now.”

There was a notable flare-up betwteen the two camps earlier this month, when Bachmann's new strategist, Ed Rollins, critiqued Palin as "not serious," and a Palin adviser, in a statement to POLITICO's Ben Smith, strongly brushed back the consultant.

anyone who thinks the Palin camp is "down" with Bachmann's run should tune in to C4P - conservatives for palin -- and see what they have to say about Michelle. They hate her like they accuse liberals and RINOs of hating Palin. Absolutely disgusting.

anyone who thinks the Palin camp is "down" with Bachmann's run should tune in to C4P - conservatives for palin -- and see what they have to say about Michelle. They hate her like they accuse liberals and RINOs of hating Palin. Absolutely disgusting.

The Palinistas are a cult with a kamakazee mob mentality. They will tolerate no suggestion of alternatives to, let alone criticisms of Half Governor Palin. They mean it, they will stay home if Sarah is denied the repugnican nomination by the lame stream media. Yes , they always say the lame stream media.

That's right, women should stick together and stay out of the way. Women who vote for a woman to be a candidate for an office only do so because they do have the intelligence to compete without using their female charms. If they had to compete for positions on an equal basis they would all stay home and raise their families.